Hello to all the members of the Slight Edge community! After reading Renee Olson's comment under My Slight Edge Story, I was very excited to find a "Next Generation" section! For young, goal driven and ambitious teenagers like me, I believe this blog is perfect for us to express what is to come with our generation.
After reading the Slight Edge, I began applying its philosophy everywhere in my life. The thing I love the most about reading the Slight Edge was that it helped me become aware of the actions I was taking daily and if they were being done consistently and persistently over and over again. Being able to not only apply it in my life, I am now able to uplift and empower others around me of all different ages. I just want to note a few examples.
During a bus ride home from a business training meeting, a man had commented on my sharp looking suit. He said, "Can you imagine me in a suit like that?". To give you some prior knowledge, here was a man who had a breath of an alcoholic and looked the very opposite of sharp looking. Here is where I kicked in the Slight Edge philosophy (and it was like second nature too) - I said to him "Why not? You can be in a suit like I am." Knowing that he wasn't born like this and that it was his actions day after day that created invisible results that compounded over time led him to the point of where he was now - standing in front of me not in a sharp looking suit - I challenged himself to understand where his actions had taken him. Just being able to help and empower total strangers is an absolutely amazing feeling. As he tried his best to make sentences together and tell of his story, I just listened for it was the best I could do and at the end of the bus ride, I shook his hand and I let him know that he can still make a change, it all starts NOW.
In another experience, I was conducting an interview with a 28 year old man and showing him what I do and why I do what I do in terms of my business and the development group I was working with. To be able to explain and talk about the Slight Edge philosophy and where it has taken me and what it can do for anyone is incredible. I told this man that one of my dreams was just to be able to impact one person during my entire lifetime...and what he said just impacted me greatly. He said "I'm already impacted and inspired by you".
To everyone of the Slight Edge community, I believe that we all have the power to uplift people and show them that through the Slight Edge, we can become empowerers and be inspirational people no matter how old we are and that it is never too late to change. I lead by example and the Slight Edge is the philosophy I live by day by day. To be a young inspirational leader with other young leaders that I'm working with in my business development group, I believe the Next Generation will truly impact the world and show that anything is possible when you apply the rule and principles of the Slight Edge.
Thanks for reading, I'm very grateful to be able to share my experiences and views on how our upcoming generation will leave a significant impact behind.
